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One of the higher mountains in the Idaho Selkirks, it is also one of the easiest to tackle. A nice trail takes you nearly to the summit. From where the trail ends, easy scrambling over boulders and through some small trees gets you to the top.

Summit Elevation: 7,326 feet
Hiking Distance: 1.6 miles each way
Elevation Gain: 1,300 feet
Prominence: 886 feet
County: Boundary
Access: Higher clearance vehicle needed for final half mile only

Mount Roothaan

See map. Low clearance vehicles park at the saddle about a half-mile below the end of the road and former fire lookout site.

Access

Chimney Rock

Seven Sisters

Mount Roothaan

Gunsight Peak

Mount Roothaan

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Mount Roothaan

Hunt Lake

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Mount Roothaan

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Lions Head

Sundance Mountain

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First view of the summit from the trail

On the ridge

Trail just about to hit the main ridge

Chimney Rock with a climber on the top

Gunsight Peak

Hunt Lake below Gunsight Peak

Looking North to Lions Head

Looking South to Sundance Mountain

Looking East

View South and West

View West and North

Seven Sisters and Silver Dollar Peak

Horton Ridge Trail goes almost to the summit. Spur trails continue up and another down in basin below Chimney Rock to some camps.